Unlocking Mali’s Shea Potential

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) shea aims to contribute to increase sustainable income, gender equality, and resilience in the main shea producing areas of Mali. The Shea Value Chain represents a source of income for at least 75% of rural women. The development of this value chain will greatly affect the livelihood of the women. With an initial target 12,000 rural women in 3 years, this initiative is currently working with over 25,000 women and has already generated sales revenues of more than 1 million Euros.
Zones of intervention: This initiative takes place in the southern regions of Mali, namely (the region of Sgou, the region of Sikasso, the region of Kayes, and the region of Koulikoro)
Partners: ICCO, ICRAF (the Worlds Agroforestry Centre), Olvea BF (private French company), cooperatives, BDS providers.
Expected results:
1- More than 25,000 women see their income and condition improve
2- The cooperatives will all have access to ECOCERTs organic certification
3- The sales generated from this program are expected to reach $1.5 between the cooperatives and the private companies. This is a substantial amount of money for cooperatives operating in rural Mali.
4- The cooperatives have access to warehouses to store their products

The PPP shea aims to contribute to increase sustainable income, gender equality, and resilience in the main shea producing areas of Mali. The Shea Value Chain represents a source of income for at least 75% of rural women.